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I missed out on the Pink Katydid rush, but I'm interested in raising the garden variety (pun intended) green folk. Anyone have any experience with these guys...?

So, I've heard and read from a number of sources that mantids just have the one "ear", that is designed (evolved) to detect the echo location of bats. Do we know if it can detect other things? I am almost positive they react to the fluttering of wings, before they can see them. Has anyone...

I've been meaning to write this little commentary(?) for a while. Anyone caring for large numbers of critters (or large numbers of enclosures), has probably already found "the joy of spares". It is SO much easier to transfer your critters to a nice, clean and properly prepared SPARE...

I wanted to do a quick shout to any Forum Members who are into, or might want to BE into, Silkmoths. If you can contact me privately, or just post on this thread, I'd like to get a sense of who has or wants what. I'm also not sure how the forum community and our beloved moderators feel about...

I saw these listed on bugsincyberspace. Heterophrynus batesii - GIANT TAILLESS WHIPSCORPIONS (link below) http://shop.bugsincyberspace.com/Heterophrynus-batesii-Whipspider-3rd-Instar-bic907.htm Anyone have experience with these - good, bad or indifferent?

I've been a HUGE fan of John Carter since I was in kid (and I think Carter was president). I am also a big fan of director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E). They've done a fairly shabby job of marketing the film, but I have faith the film is going to be fantastic! If you haven't seen the...

Hey, guys (mostly admins). I'm wondering if we couldn't add a tab or a big button (or something) to the first page of the forum. There's SO MUCH information here, but a new person to the hobby (or, as I was, new to FORUMS in general) will have trouble knowing where to start. Might be nice to...

I'm starting to lean towards Chameleons as a contender for my next desk hobby (I'm thinking I'll restart mantids with an Orchid Army, when they start popping up again). I'm looking for a Chameleon that will stay relatively small (the micro cham post eariler today sort of set me off). Any...

OhManOhManOhMan!!! I'm just posted for all those who don't regularly read the "Idolomantis Consolidated" thread (it IS quite long). http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=21061&st=580 Bottom line: Despite reports to the contrary, a female Idolo CAN produce a fertile ooth when...

While adventuring today, I spotted what this oddity on a local Oak tree. Of course, I obviously assumed it was an alien life form come to save the planet, and I had found it, and we would be best friends, and I'd get super powers from it, and we could be all like, "Oak Boy & Acorn", or...

So, I'm hoping to get some suggestions, directions, warnings(?) from you fellers about my next potential obsession. I really (really) enjoyed the grande "Idolo experiment", and now I wanna do something else, or something in addition, before returning to mantids again. I'd love to do phasmids...

(Might be in the wrong section) This is probably to the admins, but do we have a direction for the Gallery tab? Is it functional now? If not, is there anything I can do or contribute to help that project along? Is there a way to use or engineer a gallery, or gallery approach to create a...

My first CB Polyspilota griffini - "Griffin Mantis" ooth hatched last night. These did VERY well communally, provided they are well fed. A little bigger than the average Chinese Female that I catch in LA. These females measured about 11cm from head to wing tip. They eat everything I've fed...

If anyone else is breeding "Theopropus elegans" (Banded Flower Mantis), can you post or send me a PM. I have a few ready to breed, and wanted to compare notes. Thanks!

I caught another Mosquito Hawk tonight (they look like giant mosquitos), and have now declared them THE best appetite enhancer! Sometime I can't tell if a mantis is still interested in feeding, or maybe getting ready to molt. But, boy oh boy! Throw in a Mosquito Hawk and there's NO questions...

After many months of work, and 18 pages of the "Idolomantis Consolidated" thread, which, I'm proud to say, has over 5,000 views, I finally feel confident enough to pass some babies on to other (relatively) experienced breeders. They are NOT for the casual hobbyist, but they're also nowhere near...

So, I'm experimenting with Hawkmoths - Manduca quinquemaculata. aks "Hornworms" or "Goliath Worms" as food options for my Idolos. My concern is this: I've read on herp pages, that you should NOT feed WILD Hornworms to your replitles, because of the toxic build up from their host plants...

Well, it's THAT time of year again. When I can't walk to my office with out being dive-bombed by European mantids! Three so far - blonde, green and brown - kinda like Charlie's Angels. Anyhoo, peeps in Southern California should keep their eyes out for these little beasties. They seem to...

Yet another impulse buy from Michael's that proved useful. My sub adult Marbled Mantids were starting to get decidely UN-communal, so I needed to throw them into something handy. I whipped these together from a former shopping trip and they came out kinda nice. And simple. Thought I'd...

I have about 9 (very) small Humbertielle ceylonica nymphs. They are odds and ends from another project, that I'm happy to keep on a shelf until I can take pictures of, but would rather see them in the hands of someone who would appreciate them (AND take pictures of them). So, I'm open to...